hi normoredoc,we can understand your problem but let's see it in another way.why u doubt that u will not be selected, every student think this only and get depressed . this produces a lot of negative energy. GOD has planned good for ourself , so have faith in him.

remember to be positive and just focus what u r going to do in the next 2 months.

i have a similar problem. got 54% in may aiims but nov aiims went very bad and am struggling to be in 50% list, forget about improving my score. i had thought that after aiims , i will start preparing 4 pgi with full vigour, but am not doin enough due to low moral. i got 400 odd rank in june pgi. please advice as to what shud i read beside chowdhary past papers in the comin 20 days to improve my rank...

i will surely read those 150 pages of oncology. please advice what to read in molecular biology and immunology as pgi has lots of questions 4om it. also i m reading chowdhary past papers by doctors publications but many answers seem to differ with arora publishers individual books and amit ashish med and surgery books. shud i rely entirely on pgi book. cos its diff to cross check every question 40m book. another query, how many answers shud we mark. in june pgi, i marked very less options to be on safer side but my rank went to 400, what do u suggest

i feel the pages 1907 to 1947 in harrison and across genetics in biochemistry and notes from explns of dr publishers will suffice.plz administrtor give some suggesns on pharmacology part ,is it essential to read any other stuff for pharmacology apart from kdt and for anaesthesia ajay yadav is more than enough na.

For pharmacolgy we feel every year out of approx 25-30 questions , 10 are pure basic concept based which can be done from kdt easily.from the remaining 15-20 questions , 10-13 questions r based on specific old drugs which can also be done from kdt and guides.

now the remaining 7-10 questions are on new drugs. for this we recommend ( as time remaining is less ) SEED-clinical pharmacology by dr.prem niyati. its a handy/small book and covers most of the new drugs.

for those who don't have this book we r going to start a special pharmacology section for new drugs and updates.so don't worry and keep progressing

Hey guys i'm stuck in fix.... i have harrison 15th ed which i bought when it came out in 2003. Now most of the references that i find are from 16th ed. Though going through the index solves most of the problem but still i feel a little worried for any major differences in the two eds. should i check some topics from the new ed or continue most from the 15th only....Also is the latest CMDT of any use in staying in touch with the latest(nearely so).

if u have studied 15th edition stick with it. the 16th edition has mainly changes in aids, bioterrisom section. and very minute changes which we don't think r neccessary for aipgme. they focus mainly on basics

and frankly speaking NO NEED for cmdt at this stage. we r going to start a special pharmacology section for new drugs. so don't worry

i am unable to to find a problem for this guys,i have not yet read psm,ent,.which buks do i read for it now which would be most helpful,and i have done opth from across is it ok for aipg,and done micro from kaplan notes,is it ok or should i buy rachana chaurasia for it.i am very tensed as wat to do now as the time is very less,but i am ready to study completely,dont want any half preps,so pl suggest me the stuff which i must do for the above subj

my prob is i am scared to make a time table...i am quite confident of ag and mk answers....but not much matter...so now i am planning to go back to those books only after 15 dec...till then i am planning to do other revisions..like pulse..cross...but i feel its not working..or maybe my plan is not good..and what ever target i make i can complete only half of that...i feel i am not confident abt any subject....and i am still suffering from post aiims result depression...please help me...and please helpme plan my studies....sana

hi @sana... what is done is done.. now it can't be undone.. so dont worry sana .. u have lost nothing .. so look up and ahead dont worry .. just relax and look forward...as u said ur confident about mk & ag .. its a nice thing.... but do stay in focus... and yes u can start revising other books and continue with mk & ag afterwards.... u should make a schedule i.e work out/chalkout a plan for subjects like when and how much time u will give to each subject... as it will make things more systematic... bcoz now is the time to take control of things and not let things take control of u !!

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_________________I wonder....What makes a man a Man ...Is it the choices he makes ...;Its not how he begins things ...But how he finishes them makes the Difference.......... Abhi

hi @prateek... dont worry sometime or the other everyone goes through a lean phase.... the faster u overcome the better... try a few things... to begin with...

1. make small goals for ur ongoing study and try to accomplish it2. cutting down on typical time wasters tv , net , etc.. but give ur self time to refresh and renergise...3 follow healthy habits .. sleep well and eat well and above all pray well4 when u study study n when u play play.. dont mix and match things..5 keep distractions away when u study... 6 dream of ur goals... often !!!

_________________I wonder....What makes a man a Man ...Is it the choices he makes ...;Its not how he begins things ...But how he finishes them makes the Difference.......... Abhi

hi abhizluv..thanks a lot for taking out some time for my problems...and for such a prompt reply...i sure will try...now that i know i am not the only one who is feeling insecure about things...will pray hard too...hats off to this site...it brings all medicos together...coz at this time only a medico can understand the other....thanks once again...and all the best to everyone....i was thinking if we could post important topice for last revision...like milestones...storage disorders...ect..we could get a good list of most common topics...for last minute revision...what say???